southcottian

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. One of a religious body of the nineteenth century, founded by Joanna Southcott (died 1814) in England. This body expected that its founder would prive birth to another Messiah. Also called. New Israelite and Sabbatharian.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities.